Geschichte der Russischen Kunst (Bands I, II, III, IV)

Dresden: Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 1957. 1957, 1958, 1959, 1965. Hardcover. VG, clean, tight contents and covers. Djs Good/Good-. All vols. art school ex-lib. with usual marks. Djs have chipping at edges, and Vol. I dj has 2 one-inch tears and a small piece out of the back.. All volumes: Textured grey linen/boards. Green title block on spine. Gilt lettering and image. Color-illus. dj with gold bottom band; black lettering on white spine. Vol. I: 385 pp. with 311 illus.; Vol. II: 310 pp. with 263 illus.; Vol. III: 554 pp. with 378 illus.; Vol. IV: 555 pp. with 351 illus. All volumes have mostly bw illus. but a few in color, as well as occasional bw line drawings. Heavy at 22 pounds and will require extra postage. Text in German. The history of Russian art. Volume I begins with the oldest art of Eastern Europe, the art of Kievan Russia, and on through the 13th-14th centuries, including the Vladimir-Susdal art. Volume II covers the art of Novgorod and Pskov from the 12th to 16th centuries. Volume III covers the history of art in Moscow up to the 18th century. Volume IV concerns the 18th century artistic culture: architecture, sculpture, graphics, miniature paintings, paintings, decorative arts (esp. gold and silver) and more. Beautiful and informative. Four volumes from a set of 6, each on a different aspect of Russian art history.